It's been well over a year since a massive earthquake and <a href="http://inhabitat.com/japanese-tsunami-dock-hits-oregon-beach-with-army-of-alien-species-attached/">tsunami</a> devastated the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/fukushima/">Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant</a> in Japan. During early stages of the fallout, Japanese officials insisted that <a href="http://inhabitat.com/fukushima-radiation-finally-below-cancer-causing-levels/">radioactive contamination</a> did not pose a serious danger to humans or the environment, but in the months that followed, evidence has suggested otherwise. A study published recently in the journal <em>Nature </em>provides evidence that the collapse of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant released a huge amount of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/radiation-from-fukushima-disaster-found-in-california-kelp/">radioactive materials</a> into the environment....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/mutant-butterflies-found-in-japan-after-fukushima-nuclear-disaster/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Fukushima Pale Grass Blue Butterfly Mutation

Close up of wing mutations in Fukushima butterflies.

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Fukushima Pale Grass Blue Butterfly Mutation

Butterflies demonstrating genetic mutations as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Fukushima Pale Grass Blue Butterfly Mutation

It's been well over a year since a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. During early stages of the fallout, Japanese officials insisted that radioactive contamination did not pose a serious danger to humans or the environment, but in the months that followed, evidence has suggested otherwise. A study published recently in the journal Nature provides evidence that the collapse of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant released a huge amount of radioactive materials into the environment....